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Letter X drawing colored by Coloring Together
Colored by the Coloring Together artists. See gallery.

What do you think of the X we painted? We sure did our best to make it the most amazing X you had ever seen. Still, in the end we think it could have turned out better, what do you think? Would it have turned out better with a different technique and other materials?

At Coloring Together we prepared a very special gallery just for you. In it you will find letter X coloring pages, drawings of objects with the letter X, letter X drawings for kids, and letter X drawings. Which one are you thinking of starting with?

The X is one of the most peculiar letters of the alphabet, especially because of its shape. It looks like a tilted cross! So we are intrigued to know what you will paint it with, and which techniques you plan to use. Maybe burnishing with paper? Or do you prefer to use the brushing technique with temperas?

Remember that we have a special section for the letter X images to color that our visitors have made, so you are invited to send us a photo of your finished drawing.

Come on! The X letters are lining up outside Coloring Together because they want to get back the color they have lost. And the ideal artist to help them is you! Ready to start painting?

The Letter X coloring pages

Why color the letter x pictures?

The letter X holds the twenty-fifth place in the Spanish alphabet, and besides that it is the twentieth consonant of the alphabet. It surely seems like a very peculiar letter to you because its shape reminds us of a tilted cross.

The Latin X comes from the Greek letter known as "chi" or "ji" through the Etruscan alphabet. In medieval Spanish, this letter had various sounds, some of them more sibilant than the ones we know today.

If you would like to learn more about the letter X, then you have come to the right place, because at Coloring Together we want to teach you a ton of things with the fun facts we add above the letter X coloring pages.

What are you waiting for? The X letters look very sad because they have lost their color. It is your moment to learn new things while you have fun coloring.

Learn while coloring The Letter X

  1. The letter X comes from the proto-Sinaitic letter "samekh", which means "support".
  2. The letter X in Morse code is: -..-
  3. In several European languages, the letter X can represent the consonant cluster "ks", also known as a consonant cluster.
  4. The Latin letter X comes from the Greek letter "chi" (X), which in the Western Greek alphabet represented the "ks" sound. From there it passed to the Etruscan alphabet and then to the Latin one.
  5. Before, the Spanish alphabet was made up of 29 letters. It was not until 2010 that the Royal Spanish Academy carried out a spelling reform. Since then the "ch" and the "ll" are no longer part of the alphabet.
  6. The letter X in Greek was the most sacred letter because it was the first letter used to write Christ in that language. Latin scribes often used it as an abbreviation for Christ.
  7. The letter X in the aviation phonetic alphabet is assigned the word X-ray.
  8. In Spanish all letters are feminine, so, when speaking about any of the letters, it is always preceded by the article "la".
  9. The letter X in the binary alphabet is written as: 01011000.
  10. The oldest phonetic alphabet in the world is the Ugaritic one, which dates back to 1500 BC. It was discovered in Syria and had 30 letters, and it was also written from left to right.

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